acovert
07-12-2014, 10:42 PM
Hello! It's been quite a while since I posted on here, but today I have found a reason to make a new thread.
My family, myself, and my boyfriend (a new one - not the one who helped me catch scar) went down to Barton Park in Clackamas County, OR today since the weather would be nice and my mom's husband was away on drill. I was sitting on a rock in the water with my boyfriend when he urgently tapped on my shoulder and pointed to the other side of me. Not too far away, in the water, a lovely snake was floating, head held up in alert. It appeared yellow and black from a distance. Of course, being a snake enthusiast, I immediately sprang at it. A several minute chase through the river then ensued, ending when the snake swam towards a dog and slowed down out of fear (it was a very populated area, with lots of dogs, people, kids and noise). I was surprised to see a snake there at all.
Anyways, after I caught it and showed it off to some of the people there (a few of them wanted pictures with the big snake!) I took some pictures to share with you guys. I found this wild snake very beautiful, and though my pictures are not the best quality, hopefully everyone here can see a little bit of the beauty that I saw. I'm also hoping some of you might be able to provide me with an identification (type, sex if possible). This specimen was much bigger than my two northwestern boys. Here are the pictures that I took to share with everyone.
The pictures I have are the pictures all of you will have to deal with. Once everything was done, I moved it to a quieter area where people and their pets wouldn't bother it.
My family, myself, and my boyfriend (a new one - not the one who helped me catch scar) went down to Barton Park in Clackamas County, OR today since the weather would be nice and my mom's husband was away on drill. I was sitting on a rock in the water with my boyfriend when he urgently tapped on my shoulder and pointed to the other side of me. Not too far away, in the water, a lovely snake was floating, head held up in alert. It appeared yellow and black from a distance. Of course, being a snake enthusiast, I immediately sprang at it. A several minute chase through the river then ensued, ending when the snake swam towards a dog and slowed down out of fear (it was a very populated area, with lots of dogs, people, kids and noise). I was surprised to see a snake there at all.
Anyways, after I caught it and showed it off to some of the people there (a few of them wanted pictures with the big snake!) I took some pictures to share with you guys. I found this wild snake very beautiful, and though my pictures are not the best quality, hopefully everyone here can see a little bit of the beauty that I saw. I'm also hoping some of you might be able to provide me with an identification (type, sex if possible). This specimen was much bigger than my two northwestern boys. Here are the pictures that I took to share with everyone.
The pictures I have are the pictures all of you will have to deal with. Once everything was done, I moved it to a quieter area where people and their pets wouldn't bother it.